Southern EU Leaders Seek Stronger Ties as Trump Stokes Tension

  • Protectionism isn’t in European genes, France’s Hollande says
  • Gentiloni says Europe will keep its values ‘high and strong’
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Leaders of the European Union’s southern nations called for stronger bonds in the bloc after U.S. President Donald Trump stoked trade tensions with Mexico.

“If there’s something that’s clearer today than it was before the U.S. elections, it’s that more than ever the world needs a strong and united Europe,” Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters Saturday after a meeting of seven national leaders in Lisbon.